Chemical Exposure limits
In Europe, there are two types of occupational exposure limits
EU community exposure Limits - Set by European agency for safety and health at work. The chemical agents listed are specified in various directives
National Exposure limits- Set by each member state taking into account the community exposure limits. GESTIS is a free database that contains exposure limits for hazardous substance for each member states and some other countries
Product Stewardship
Product Stewardship is responsible care of chemicals from extraction processing manufacturing or formulation packaging storage distribution use to disposal.
Successful implementation of Product Stewardship in chemical organisations improves their position among competitors profiting from one or more of the benefits associated with Product Stewardship.
- Timely and systematic identification of product risks and management of those risks
- Timely observation and joint resolution of EH&S problems boost Supplier- customers relationship
- Systematic identification and efficient accommodation of new product demand with and improves EHS
- Timely observation and adequate response to new regulation
- Improved company's reputation to customers, authorities and general public
- Briefing the multidisciplinary Project Team which includes - Marketing and Sales, Research and Development, Purchasing , EHS, Production Logistics
- Obtaining insight of the Product chain raw material to products end life
- Analysis of the chain - associated risk, energy and water consumption,release of products into water, soil and air, and amount of waste.
- Identification of opportunities to improve chain
- Assessment of identified opportunities
- Preparation on decision making on the implementation of the opportunities for improvement.
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